Search Google Scholar for this author, O. C. Ferrell. See all articles by this author. ally believed to be their low response rates, with the attendant problems of response bias and nonresponse bias [1, 5, 10, 20, 21, 23, 32, 42, 69, 78, 81]. Discrete Choice Analysis: Theory and Application to Travel Demand. Response Rates and Perceived Questionnaire Length in Mail Surveys Show all authors. Marrett LD, Kreiger N, Dodds L, Hilditch S. The effect on response rates of offering a small incentive with a mailed questionnaire.
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Department of Management and Marketing, Illinois State University, Normal. Bogen (1996) provides a review of literature on the effect of questionnaire length on response rates for the first and subsequent waves in panel surveys. Data is presented from a lengthy survey in Britain in 1987. By Csmr Srd Room.
Controlled Trial of the Effect of Length, Incentives, and Follow-up Techniques on Response to a Mailed Questionnaire.” (1985). THE EFFECT OF QUESTIONNAIRE LENGTH ON RESPONSE RATES -- A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Karen Bogen, U.S. Bureau of the Census .
(1997). Abstract. The review finds that not resistance Topics: Key Words, Questionnaire length, Response rate . Terry L. Childers. Based on this review of the literature, there seems to be some evidence that attrition rates could be reduced by decreasing interview length ( Zabel, 1994 ). Year: … Martin JD, McConnell JP. Econometric Analysis. State Farm Insurance Companies See all articles by this author. Survey textbooks suggest that long questionnaires should be avoided, and a careful reading of the available empirical evidence confirms the negative effects of substantial length on both response rates and the quality of those responses which are obtained. this paper is to review the length of interviews is contributing to increasing public current literature on this topic. Mail questionnaire response induction: the effect of four variables on the response of a random sample to a difficult questionnaire. Terry L. Childers .
The review showed that moderate changes in questionnaire length did increase response rates in relatively short questionnaires but not in longer questionnaires such as ours .
recent literature review appeared in a British journal back in 1961 [71], Various research reports published both before and since that time indicate that, contrary to general belief, some very high mail questionnaire response rates have been achieved. Factors Affecting Response Rates to Mailed Questionnaires: A Quantitative Analysis of the Published Literature.” (1998). Ann Epidemiol 1992;2:745-53. A limitation of our study is that we did not compare the effect of sending a one-page second reminder with that of sending a longer second reminder. O. C. Ferrell.